Executive Order 983

Fourth-class postmasters having been classified in certain States and time being necessarily required before any positions in such offices can be filled by examination and certification from the Civil Service Commission, any vacancy in such post-offices occurring prior to the time at which the Civil Service Commission shall certify to the Post-Office Department that it is able to hold examinations and make certifications to such positions may be filled by the Post-Office Department without examination.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

November 30, 1908.